Boobgate

Ah don't you just love the American media's obsession with triviality? Yes I'm referring to the non-event of Janet Jackson's boob baring during the Super Bowl half-time show. That it's even being covered indicates who the real boobs are. I never watch American football, the thought of losing hours of my life watching grown men violently fondle each other isn't especially appealing (now hockey on the other hand....). You don't get those hours back. But coverage of the event was impossible to avoid for a news junkie like myself, so I do have a few things to say.

Janet, Janet, Janet...are you really that hard up for publicity? I guess those record sales must have been suffering what with Jacko arrested, and you getting old and wrinkly after having made a career living on your sex appeal. You're old enough to be Timberlake's mom. And I'm afraid that simulating a sexual assault isn't all that sexy, let alone having to see that ugly piece of ninja hardware you had stapled to your nipple. But hey, it's all about the sale, right? From a purely market driven marketing perspective, the so-called "wardrobe malfunction" was a bit of genius. You know the American market well.

For a slightly more interesting take on Boobgate, take a look at the following article on Commondreams.org. It compares Janet's boob-baring with the CBS banning of a Super Bowl political ad by Moveon.org.